Teat-cup support to facilitate milking.



GOLDSTRAW.

TEAT CUP SUPPORT TO PAGILITATE MILKING. I

APPLIOATION'PILED MAR.11, 1912.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT curios. 9

ROBERT STANISLAUS GOLDSTRAW, OF CAMPEBDOWN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

[BEAT-CUP SUPPORT TO FACILITATE MILKING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat teqlsept. 16}, 1912.

Application filed March 11, 1912. Serial No. 682,880.

To all whom it may concern? I Be it known that I, ROBERT STANISLAUGQLDSTRAW, a subject of the King of Great- Britain and Ireland, &c.',residing at Camperdown, in the State of Victoria, Commonwealth ofAustralia, have invented certain new and useful ln'iprovements inTest-Cup Supports to Facilitate Milking; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention "provides adjustable cord devices, for preventing thefalling oil of milking machine teat cups, while milking is in progress,by'afl'ording them support in their Working positions under an udder.

A cord has been proposed or tried connected near the cups at one endonly, but it has. not proved satisfactory, there being nevertheless afalling 01f of various cups. When the existing cups fall ofiprematurely,they must either be replaced by an attendant whose duty it is to watchthe milking, or the milking from the teats affected must be finished byhand. According to my arrangement the tendency for teat cups to bepulled off to one side, in the direction of the tubes which connect tothe milking machine isfprovided against. The fact that cows vary inbodily length and in the height of their teats from the ground isprovided for by my appliance.

Any suitable cups can be used and supdevices which are independentthereof an removable at will. During milking some cows twitch theirbodies or kick, and are thus apt to disengage the cups. Some existingcups do on some teats hold well, but the trouble that occurs is tl'iat agood many teats are of such varying shapes and sizes that the existingcups do not hold There are, again, teat cups which in holding on injurethe teats, but, with my lnventiomthat Wlll not be excusable. With mydevice the cups are adjusted on the teats in a position suit ableforcomfortable milking, and the frame or arrangement of tubes sometimescalled a claw, which is below the teat cups, is en gaged by hooksconnected to an adjustable cor i It is usual for milking purposes tostand cows in stalls divided by partitions, two cows being put ineachstall. My appliance has an upper support to be secured to a stallpartition or wall inside of where a cow Wlll stand. An arm, whichprojects from the said support over the cow, is adjustablelongitudinally so that it shall be located immediately above that partof the cows back which is over its udder.

In the accompanying drawings this in vention is illustrated, but minordetails may be varied without departing from what I claim.

Figure l is a perspective View of the appliancc with its cord endshanging free, part of the'cord being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a modification, showing supportedteat cups.

The claw or framing to which the teat 'cup is connected is marked a, andfrom this suitable tubing 1) extends to other portions of the milkingmachine. To opposite ends of clawor the like a, I connect hooksdescribed later.

0 shows a stall partition or the like, to

which is attached a support consisting of one or more rails, as d, c,Fig. 1, or d Fig.

2, as a support and guide for a slidable saddle 9 Fig. l or Fig. 2 towhich an outwardly pro ecting arm f is secured.

In Fig. 2 the saddle is integral with arm f. Supports for the rail endsare fixed to. partitions 0 as brackets. it which may be laterallyadjustable by means of slots 21 to receive screws or the like; or thebar d may have bent ends it integral therewith, 1' indicating screws.The saddle or slide member 9 is shown with its top pivoted .to"

The teat cups 7?. when set to the cow, will 4 be supported at each sideas by hooks 0,3? or the like at each end of my cord. T he inner hook pis provided with a small weight 2%, so that this hook will automaticallydisengage when the other hook is released.

from claw a at the termination of the mill ing. The weight must on noaccount however be'so great 1.. to be a counterbalance to the weight ofthe claw and milking cups as seems-e7 that case the hook 3) would falloff when would be impormnt to keep it on. When citing the hooks on, allslaclmess is to he eken up by means of a sliding cord grip r loving eyes8 at one end, through which the rd at she side of. the cow passes, andthere 1:10 on eye t at the other end of the grip j to which the cord endis fastened. @here may be any suitable substitute "for the aid eyes. TheWeight of the cord and hook weiow the grip causes the grip body which inFig. 1 end so the cord is bent as illustrated and the grip keeps theposition it is adfiusted in to remove sisckncss. When out of use thecord. may be iifted up and supported out of the Way on one or bothsides, to allow a clear passage for the cow to enter the Th cord isusually hung up also 'hefore the cow leaves.

I Weight carried by the hook at the oi? the cord, a stop on the outerFQXiJGZR oi the cord, e clam adapted to he stands out ieierally from thecord to sag as engaged by the hooks, and menus for taking In a device ofthe character described,

the combination with a supporting rail, of a member slidebly mounted onthe rail and projectin outwardly therefrom, pulleys cmried by saidslidable member, a cord passing over said pulleys, hooks at the innerand outer ends of the cord, e Weight carried by the hook at the innerend of the cord, a stop on the outer portion of the cord, 11 clawadapted to be engaged by the hooks, and means for taking up slackn'essof the said outer port-ion of the cord When the hooks are set insupporting position.

i. In a device of the character described, the combination with e cord,an adjustable carrier therefor, hooks at the ends of the cord, and meansfor taking up slackness of the cord.

5. In a device of the cheract ,2? do the combination with a cord, anedjiistahle carrier therefor, hooks at the ends of the cord and meansfor taking up sleckness of the cord comprising a cord grip having eyesat one end through which the cord passes and an eye at the other end towhich the cord end is fastened.

' In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT STANISLAUS GOLDSTRAW. Witnesses WILLIAM L, EEATTIE, BEATRICE M.Lows.

